{"id":874,"date":"2013-11-22T15:22:29","date_gmt":"2013-11-22T15:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/improvingourworld.winonastateu.com\/?p=874"},"modified":"2022-04-05T18:26:22","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T18:26:22","slug":"ace-in-the-hole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/improving-our-world\/2013\/11\/22\/ace-in-the-hole\/","title":{"rendered":"ACE in the Hole"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This could be me–or you!<\/p><\/div>\n

I have found something that combines my passion for conservation with the opportunity to make a difference in my country\u2026now if only I got paid for it!<\/p>\n

American Conservation Experience<\/a>, or ACE, is a conservation program through AmeriCorps that trains volunteers to, according to their official site, \u201cundertake practical environmental restoration projects in America\u2019s national parks, forests, wildlife refuges and other public lands.\u201d<\/p>\n

Starting in mid-May, I will be travelling to Flagstaff, AZ to work in either Flagstaff or in Hurricane, Utah for three months and will be doing an internship that entails hard labor conservation work.\u00a0 I will have to adjust from my cozy life as a Winona State English major, where the most adventure I seem to have these days is translating Shakespeare into an English that I can actually understand, to living, breathing, and being outside 24\/7.<\/p>\n

According to ACE\u2019s website, \u201cACE is grounded in the philosophy that cooperative labor on meaningful conservation projects fosters cross-cultural understanding and operates on the belief that challenging volunteer service unites people of all backgrounds in common cause.\u201d<\/p>\n

Their goal is to take public wildlife areas throughout the United States and put people to work on them in order to create bonds and life skills. I will have the opportunity to work with people from around the world and create networks with others that are passionate about non-profits and conservation.<\/p>\n

AmeriCorps has loads of programs with different purposes and directions for the large variety of people in America.<\/p>\n

According to AmeriCorp\u2019s main website<\/a>, \u201cAmeriCorps engages more than 80,000 Americans in intensive service each year at nonprofits, schools, public agencies, and community and faith-based groups across the country,\u201d and, \u201cMembers have contributed more than 1 billion hours in service across America while tackling pressing problems and mobilizing millions of volunteers for the organizations they serve.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you want to get involved with either of these programs or learn more information, see: http:\/\/www.nationalservice.gov\/programs\/americorps<\/a> and http:\/\/usaconservation.org\/<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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